How to Organize Your Child's Closet
Children's closets can easily become cluttered and disorganized, but there are many ways to make the most of even a very small closet in your child's room.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Bookcases
- Closet Rods
- Clothes Hangers
- Dressers
- Laundry Baskets
- Plastic Storage Drawers
- Storage Bins
- Storage Shelves
- Closet-organizing Systems
- Kid's Closet Organizers
- Plastic Storage Containers
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Add a second closet bar at a lower level. The lower bar allows you to hang clothes within your child's reach, and it can be used for separates later on, when your child is tall enough to reach the top bar.
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Consider installing a closet organizer. There are many types available, so shop around to find the right one.
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Invest in some hanging cubes, shoe racks or other hanging storage systems ' these help to get things off the floor and make it easy for kids to put things in their proper places.
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Be ruthless. Go through your child's clothes and get rid of anything she doesn't wear or isn't likely to use. Give these items away, or take the better ones to a children's consignment store.
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Add extra shelves if there's enough space. High shelves can be used to store out-of-season clothes and gear, while lower shelves can hold items your child needs or uses often.
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Invest in some large clear containers with colored lids. These make a great "filing system" for shoes, folded clothes and toys.
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Buy lots of small, sturdy hangers designed to hold children's clothing. These are less likely to damage your child's clothes than regular wire hangers, which can pull small garments out of shape.
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Organize clothes by type of garment: dresses and skirts at one end of the closet; shirts, overalls and jackets at the other end.
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Show your child how to hang and fold clothes properly if she is old enough. Neatly folded clothes take up much less space in a dresser than clothes that are just crammed in haphazardly.
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Get your child a dresser or chest of drawers if she doesn't already have one. This will store socks, underwear, T-shirts and other folded clothes, and will give her extra closet space.
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Tips & Warnings
Install a laundry bag or hamper in your child's closet; this will encourage her to put dirty clothes where they belong.
Try to buy closet organizers and accessories that will grow with your child ' she should be able to use most of them for various purposes until she leaves home.
Get down to your child's level when considering where to put things. This will help you figure out how much of the closet is out of your child's reach.
Make sure your child has a wastebasket in her room; this will mean that less garbage gets shoved into the closet or dropped on the floor.
Don't surprise older kids by organizing their stuff for them. They have a right to some privacy and some say in how their things are stored. Instead, offer to work on closet organization together.
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Comments
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Aug 08, 2006
When organizing hair items, group the supplies by category. Put all the necklaces in on container, all the barrettes in another, etc. For headbands take a long plastic container, such as a liter bottle, and place the bands over it so that they will not slide around or get tangled in anything. For favorite or memorable necklaces, simply place a nail in the wall and hang them until the time of use. While traveling, place your earrings in a daily pill container. This way you will not have to spend your time searching for a pair, or more importantly, you will not lose them. -
Aug 08, 2006
Hang a pretty piece of wide grosgrain ribbon either in closet or near her mirror. Clip her pretty barrettes onto it. She can see them easily to match with her outfits, and you can use the drawer for something else. Be sure to cut the bottom of the ribbon on the bias, or paint with clear nail polish, to prevent fraying ends. If you want to organize the rest of her pony tail holders, get some Velcro or snap tape and sew it in loops along the length of ribbon, spacing 2" apart. Then just thread snap tape through holders and attach to the other end.
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Aug 08, 2006
Hang a pretty piece of wide grosgrain ribbon either in closet or near her mirror. Clip her pretty barrettes onto it. She can see them easily to match with her outfits, and you can use the drawer for something else. Be sure to cut the bottom of the ribbon on the bias, or paint with clear nail polish, to prevent fraying ends. If you want to organize the rest of her pony tail holders, get some Velcro or snap tape and sew it in loops along the length of ribbon, spacing 2" apart. Then just thread snap tape through holders and attach to the other end.
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Nov 22, 2005
Get a good-sized plastic tool box with an extra snap lid on top. Put all small ponytail holders, bobby pins and small barrettes in the top. Put bows and scrunchies in the bottom. In the removable tray, put clips, brushes, etc. There will be no more fishing around for a ponytail band in a cluttered drawer or basket. It is all right there at your fingertips. I let my daughter decorate hers with markers and stickers and such. This is really neat for first aid stuff, too!
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Nov 22, 2005
Try placing stackable containers with wheels in child's closet to store toys & other smaller items. As child grows, these containers can easily be moved around and used as filing cabinets for schoolwork, then later be taken with them when they move.
